Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Refinished in Aqua!…

I'm heading back to Calgary tomorrow… while I've been home I refinished the Momma's buffet… she ditched the hutch portion as it visually takes up a lot of space in the room…

I was excited and took off all of the doors… and took the drawers out before I thought to take a "before" photo...

You can see a part of the hutch here above… and the doors and one of the drawers… I'd taken the hardware off by this point too!…

As I mentioned it was a quick trip back to Newfoundland so no time to pickup chalk paint or Milk Paint before leaving town… so the Momma and I headed to Canadian Tire and picked up some Zinsser primer...

We didn't even sand the buffet… I wiped it down of any dust and made sure it was dry… then on with the primer!…

It looked really iffy after the first coat… but then it got a second primer coat… and then a third!…

Then came the latex paint... CIL Pacific Coast… a beautiful beside the seaside aqua… in a flat finish…

I primed it all up one evening and then on with the colour the next morning… I made sure to sand any drips between coats with some 320 grit sandpaper…

The doors were the most tedious part… and they didn't look that great until they had a good solid second coat of paint… if you're painting don't fret… once the paint is nice and solid it looks amazing!…

I didn't get a snap of the black paint used for the metal hardware… it was just a flat black...

Between coats of colour drying I took a trip out to the beaches to see what I could see… and to find some more beach treasures to bring back to Calgary for the Vintage Sale this coming June!… yes I got my email confirmation last night that I will be a vendor at THIS sale in June!…

It was a freezing stormy day… There were starfish washed up all over the place… I threw a few back in…

Urchins too… I tossed one back in… this one had been some seagulls lunch… only its shell left behind to collect the falling snow…

It was crazy windy… and the waves were just roaring…

The air was salty with ocean spray…

Back at the Momma's everything had dried enough to be handled… I'd really recommend letting everything dry longer than I did here… I'd primed three times and painted two colour coats and reassembled within 24 hours… due to my shortage on time… but to be sure you don't ding up the paint wait for the recommended drying times between coats and before handling!… or if you're impatient short on time like I was then just handle everything carefully…

So no time at all for a finishing product… the Momma plans to pickup some furniture wax to protect the paint… it really needs some cure time before it is waxed anyhow!…

And here she is assembled!… We didn't have time to dress the top… It needs some cure time so that the things that get laid on the top don't stick on!… hehe This is my first real BIG piece of furniture… and I banged it out in 24 hours!.. BAM!… I will follow up with photos as more work gets done… The Momma plans to antique it with some brown glazes… no sanding or chipping… just some gentle aging before it gets waxed…

2 comments:

Hey Deb!… round up the girls because it's going to be an amazing sale this year!… I don't have much yet but what I've started to round up and work on is my best yet!… so exciting!.. :) Can't wait to see you there!

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